Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Catholic church in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe.
The Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is a Catholic parish church in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, under the Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre. Its facade of grey rectangular stone blocks has three vertical sections: a wide central section rising higher than the two flanking ones, topped by a cross above a recessed arched niche with a pale statue, and a round clock with a dark face below the niche. A projecting gabled portico with an iron double door and lamp brackets stands at ground level, flanked by two smaller side doors with round windows above; a smaller round clock sits on a right-hand gable.
The church is classified as a monument historique by decree of 20 April 2006. Its two funerary plaques, those of Jean Louis Honoré d'Hesmivy, baron de Moissac, and of François Charles de Bourlamaque, are separately classified as movable objects. The building is a parish church of the Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre.
The church is the parish church of Basse-Terre, the capital of Guadeloupe, and belongs to the Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre. Its name refers to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Carmelite devotion to the Virgin Mary. Inside, two funerary plaques commemorate Jean Louis Honoré d'Hesmivy, baron de Moissac, and François Charles de Bourlamaque; both plaques are classified as movable objects.
The church stands in the commune of Basse-Terre, capital of the Guadeloupe department, and is a parish church of the Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre. Visitors enter through the projecting gabled portico with its iron double door; two smaller side doors, each topped by a round window, flank it. Look up at the central gable for the cross, the arched niche with its pale statue and the dark-faced clock.
The church is listed as a monument historique by decree of 20 April 2006. Two funerary plaques inside are separately protected as movable objects: those of Jean Louis Honoré d'Hesmivy, baron de Moissac, and of François Charles de Bourlamaque. Look for these memorial slabs rather than any bathing fittings.
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